How To Install rcon on Debian 12

Learn how to install rcon on Debian 12 with this tutorial. rcon is client for RCON protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcon on Debian 12.

What is rcon

rcon is:

Python 3 library, which provides a client to interact with RCON servers. The RCON protocol is used to remotely control a game server, i.e. execute commands on a game server and receive the respective results.

This package contains the CLI tools.

There are three methods to install rcon on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rcon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rcon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rcon

Install rcon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rcon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rcon

Install rcon Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rcon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rcon

How To Uninstall rcon on Debian 12

To uninstall only the rcon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rcon

Uninstall rcon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rcon

Remove rcon Configurations and Data

To remove rcon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rcon

Remove rcon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rcon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rcon

Dependencies

rcon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.